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GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal vs Gemini 4 Argon

6 prompts both ran·Specs and numbers·Change models

GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal took 45 min 14 s and $0.42 at list price, Gemini 4 Argon took 13 min 43 s and $0.68 at list price. GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal took 3.3× as long, and Gemini 4 Argon cost 1.6× as much.

GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal

Z.ai · $1.25/M out

Gemini 4 Argon

Google · $10.00/M out · 2,036 HN pts

Pelican

Generate an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle

GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal's SVG for the "Pelican riding a bicycle" prompt

GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal

6 min 19 s$0.05947k tokensAPI
Gemini 4 Argon's SVG for the "Pelican riding a bicycle" prompt

Gemini 4 Argon

2 min 11 s$0.1111k tokensAPI

Watch

Draw a mechanical wristwatch that shows the current local time, with a sweeping seconds hand and a date window. Make it look expensive.

Still of GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal's page for the "Wristwatch that shows the current time" prompt

GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal

9 min 36 s$0.08467k tokensAPI
Still of Gemini 4 Argon's page for the "Wristwatch that shows the current time" prompt

Gemini 4 Argon

2 min 32 s$0.1313k tokensAPI

Landing

Build the landing page for Lumen Cycles, a Copenhagen workshop that builds custom cargo bikes to order. Make it look like a real brand you would trust with 4,000 euros.

Still of GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal's page for the "Landing page for a cargo bike workshop" prompt

GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal

12 min 13 s$0.1292k tokensAPI
Still of Gemini 4 Argon's page for the "Landing page for a cargo bike workshop" prompt

Gemini 4 Argon

4 min 14 s$0.2121k tokensAPI

Breakout

Make a Breakout game I can play right now with the keyboard or the mouse. Give it several levels, a score and some juice.

Still of GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal's page for the "Playable Breakout" prompt

GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal

11 min 20 s$0.1184k tokensAPI
Still of Gemini 4 Argon's page for the "Playable Breakout" prompt

Gemini 4 Argon

2 min 46 s$0.1414k tokensAPI

Design a logo for Night Heron, an independent bookshop that only opens after dark.

GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal's SVG for the "Bookshop logo" prompt

GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal

5 min 42 s$0.05141k tokensAPI
Gemini 4 Argon's SVG for the "Bookshop logo" prompt

Gemini 4 Argon

1 min 52 s$0.0929.2k tokensAPI

About

Write the opening of the About us page for Patchbay, a three-person studio in Rotterdam that repairs vintage synthesizers. About 150 words.

Patchbay is a three-person studio in Rotterdam devoted to the repair and restoration of vintage synthesizers. We work on the machines that shaped the sound of the last fifty years — Roland, Moog, Yamaha, Korg, EMS, and the rest — from the rare and legendary to the well-loved and well-worn.

We started the studio because these instruments matter. They were built to be repaired, with discrete components, schematics, and construction that reward patience and care. Somewhere along the way, that way of making things fell out of fashion. We think it's worth keeping alive.

Every synthesizer that comes through our door is treated the same way: carefully diagnosed, honestly assessed, and repaired with respect for its original character. No unnecessary modifications, no shortcuts that compromise the instrument. Whether it's a failed voice chip, a dead key, or years of dust and neglect, our job is to put the machine back in the hands of the people who play it.

GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal

3 s<$0.001238 tokensAPI

In a quiet industrial building overlooking the Maas, the air smells of warm dust, solder flux, and ozone. This is Patchbay, a three-person workshop in Rotterdam dedicated to keeping the golden age of electronic music alive. We don’t view vintage synthesizers as museum pieces to be locked behind glass. To us, a Roland Jupiter-8 or an ARP Odyssey is a living, breathing instrument meant to be played, gigged, and pushed to its sonic limits.

Between the three of us, we have spent decades deciphering faded schematics, hunting down obsolete transistors, and cleaning decades of club grime from beneath weighted keys. Rotterdam is a city built on raw electronics and relentless rhythms, and we take pride in keeping its hardware running. Whether you bring us a touring workhorse with a dead voice chip or a garage-find modular rig that hasn’t powered on since 1984, we are here to make it sing again.

Gemini 4 Argon

8 s$0.002196 tokensAPI

Specs and numbers

GLM 5.3 FlashX LegalGemini 4 Argon
MakerZ.aiGoogle
Made inChinaUS
Released2 Nov 202613 Oct 2026
Price in, per M tokens$0.37$2.00
Price out, per M tokens$1.25$10.00
Context1,048,576 tokens1,048,576 tokens
Weightsclosedclosed
Hacker News points—2,036
Time for the six prompts45 min 14 s13 min 43 s
List price of the six prompts$0.42$0.68

GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal was cheaper: $0.26 less at list price, and less on each of the 6 prompts. Gemini 4 Argon was faster: 31 min 31 s less in total, and faster on 5 of the 6 prompts.

In the recording, both Breakout games play.

Rebuild this screen experiment: Gemini 4 Argon's rebuild matched the screenshot at 69%; GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal was not in it. Tea Garden experiment: Gemini 4 Argon's game passed 5 of 5 checks; GLM 5.3 FlashX Legal was not in it.

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